Chapter 160: The Turkic Retreat
Chapter 160: The Turkic Retreat
The charge was launched, Xie Yingdeng held six spears in his hand, took the lead, and led 5,000 cavalry into the Turkic stables like a torrent of iron hooves.
The stables are very large, and a total of 50,000 war horses are fed, in addition to 20,000 war horses for the garrison of Yangma City, and 30,000 are reserve war horses left here by more than 400,000 Turkic troops in Yanmen City!
In the darkness, the cavalrymen slashed with their spears and bayonets, and the horsemen fell down screaming when they were stabbed with spears while running, and the patrolmen were slashed by broadswords as they fled, and blood was pouring out, and the five thousand soldiers quickly dispersed and swept back and forth along the horse railings, destroying all the Turkic soldiers who tried to enter the stables!
The mutation of the stables alarmed the Turkic garrison in Yangma City, and the vibration caused by the high-speed running of more than 20,000 war horses completely awakened the sweet dreams of the Turkic soldiers.
The Turkic soldiers rushed out of the camp before they had time to put on their armor, and Su Shang led more than 20,000 coalition soldiers to kill, trampling with iron hooves, slashing with swords, stabbing with spears, and the coalition soldiers ruthlessly killed and poked one Turkic soldier after another.
The Turks, the steppe peoples living on horseback, without war horses, the Turkic soldiers seem to have forgotten how to tear and fight, there is no organization, there is no formation, they don't even have the idea of infantry at all!
On the battlefield, they fled in all directions, Su Shang was dressed in black helmet and black armor, riding a red war horse on his hips, brandishing a black overlord halberd with both hands, slashing left and right, and quickly harvesting the scattered Turkic soldiers again and again!
Wei Chi Gong beside him was even more crazy, rushing left and right among the Turkic soldiers to kill and poke wantonly, a suit of armor stained with the blood of the enemy, a hell Shura standing in the world, the tragic experience of those young women made his heart fire, he held his breath, a black golden horse lance flew up and down, smashed and stabbed, one by one the Turkic soldiers had no power to fight back, they were killed bloody, and the severed limbs and remnants fell to the ground!
In the camp, the Turkic soldiers fled in panic, but they could not outrun the horses of the coalition forces, and were mercilessly poked in the screams, and they fell to their knees and cried in surrender.
"No prisoners of war, all of them will be killed on the spot!" Su Shang coldly gave the tu shā order!
The killing lasted for more than two hours, and it was not until the sun rose in the early morning that the killing of Yangma City gradually stopped. The battle was extremely brutal, with more than eighty percent of the 20,000 Turkic garrisons killed and less than 3,000 escaped. Fortunately, the casualties of the coalition forces were not very large, with less than 4,000 dead and wounded, including more than 1,200 seriously injured and dead!
The results of this battle were also very brilliant, not only rescued more than 10,000 Han women, but also became the spoils of the coalition army, and the 50,000 Turkic war horses were also successfully pocketed by the allies!
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In Yanmen County, the siege of the city by the Turkic army has lasted for more than half a month, and more than 200,000 Qinwang troops arrived two days ago, and immediately launched a strong attack on the Turkic army outside the east gate of Yanmen City.
It is a pity that half a month of offensive and defensive battles, so that the defenders of Yanmen City suffered heavy casualties, everyone was wounded, exhausted, failed to make any action to cooperate with the Qinwang army outside the city, and the beginning of the Khan had a way to deal with it, immediately left only 100,000 cavalry to guard the gates of Yanmen City, directly gathered more than 200,000 cavalry and Qinwang's army to attack, under a vicious battle, both sides suffered heavy casualties, less than two hours, each suffered tens of thousands of casualties, Qinwang's army had no choice, can only retreat ten miles back and camp, Temporarily confront the Turkic army and wait for more King Qin's army to arrive!
Although the army of King Qin of the Sui Dynasty has arrived, the Turkic army has no sign of retreating, except for 200,000 cavalry confronting King Qin's army at the east gate, the remaining more than 100,000 troops are still tightly sealing the gates of Yanmen City, and even launching bow and arrow attacks into the city from time to time!
The long-term defense of the city brought great mental pressure to the soldiers and civilians in the city, and the Sui Emperor Yang Guang was no exception, at this time he was more sensitive than ordinary people, and the mental pressure was greater, and he often had nightmares as soon as he closed his eyes, dreaming that he was captured by the Turks, and was stripped naked with the queen for public display, and suffered great humiliation.
For more than ten days of mental torture, Yang Guang became suspicious, irritable, irritable, and angry at every turn.
"I knew they wanted me dead, so I wouldn't help them!"
In the temporary palace room, Yang Guang's roaring and scolding was heard from a distance, which frightened more than a dozen eunuchs and palace maids in the courtyard trembling and pale.
In the room, Empress Xiao was patiently persuading Yang Guang, "Your Majesty is angry!" Why don't you want to help? They are confronting the Turkic army outside the city, waiting for more Qinwang army to arrive, when they can repel the Turkic army in a battle, which can be more secure, so we need to be patient! ”
"Safe? I'm tired of hearing about it! ”
Yang Guangda was furious, grabbed the white jade paperweight on the table and slammed it on the ground, "Bang! With a bang, the white jade paperweight was smashed to pieces, and the fragments were scattered!
"Your Majesty!" Empress Xiao cried and knelt down!
Yang Guang's face was full of gloom, and he was silent for a long time!
At this moment, the excited shouts of the guards and generals came from outside: "Your Majesty! Retreated! The Turks have retreated! ”
Yang Guang was pleasantly surprised, stood up suddenly, rushed to the door and asked in a trembling voice, "Yes... Is it true? ”
"Weichen's words are true, Your Majesty can now go to the city to inspect it in person!"
Yang Guangxi, "I want to go to the city!" ”
The city was full of soldiers and civilians defending the city, and many ministers also rushed to hear the news, looking at the Turkic army that was slowly retreating in the distance, at this time, a eunuch shouted: "Your Majesty has arrived!"
The soldiers and civilians and ministers defending the city dodged away one after another, a large group of guards escorted Yang Guang to the city quickly, the soldiers and civilians knelt on the ground and kowtowed, and the ministers also bowed and saluted, Yang Guang couldn't greet the ministers, and held the battlements to look out of the city, only to see that the Turkic tent outside the city had disappeared, and the low horn sound was constantly coming from afar, and hundreds of thousands of Turkic troops were slowly retreating towards the north in an orderly manner!
"Why did they evacuate?" The army of King Qin outside the city did not attack the Turkic army, and Yang Guang was very surprised!
Lai Hu'er hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Your Majesty, the specific situation is not clear, it should be something that forced the Turkic army to withdraw north, but it is also possible that the Turks are tricks to lure us out of the city, so the minister has ordered the army not to move, not to slack off!"
"What will happen?" Yang Guang frowned and muttered to himself!
At this moment, a soldier shouted, "General Yuwen is back!"
Yang Guang was immediately overjoyed, "Let him come to see me!" ”
Is the overlord of the late Sui Dynasty good-looking?